On 31/03/2012, at 10:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> ./configure --prefix=/ibpc/osx/lbt/macport/2.0.4/SL --enable-readline >> --with-install-user=`id -un` --with-install-group=`id -gn` >> --with-tcl-package=/ibpc/osx/lbt/macport/2.0.4/SL/share/macports/Tcl >> >> And here is the error message I get. >> >> Warning: No index(es) found! Have you synced your source indexes? >> port registry doesn't exist at >> "/ibpc/osx/lbt/macport/2.0.4/SL/var/macports/registry/registry.db" and >> couldn't write to this location >> >> I'm supprised because I specify that I should have all the permissions in >> the configure (--with-install-user and --with-install-group). >> > > MacPorts requires root permissions by default. The root user is normally > converted to "nobody" over NFS, because root is a locally privileged > account, not a network-wide superuser account. You could change NFS export > options to suppress that (not recommended) or you could configure MacPorts > to not use root privileges. Actually if you are NOT on a trusted lan then you ought not be building on it If you are on a trusted lan then IMHO no_root_squash is a much easier option than trying to run macports as a non root user. ReadTheMan on NFS options James _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
